Thursday, August 6, 2015

CFA: Teaching students to read philosophy

Call for
Abstracts: Central APA Session

“Teaching
Students How to Read Philosophy”

Organized by
the APA Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy

Deadline:
Monday, September 14, 2015

The American Philosophical Association (APA)
Committee on the Teaching of Philosophy invites abstracts for its upcoming
session “Teaching Students How to Read Philosophy,” planned for the
2016 Central Division Meeting of the APA, March 2-5, 2016, Chicago,
IL. With this session, we are interested in exploring challenges and
techniques associated with teaching students how to read philosophy’s
dense, antiquated, and/or translated texts. The Committee is particularly
interested in fresh approaches to this problem and in pedagogical
strategies that instructors have employed successfully in the classroom.
In the spirit of active learning, the Committee asks that presenters
not read a paper, but plan a more interactive way to engage their
audience of peers.

Questions to consider might include, but are
not limited to, the following:

• What skills must students bring to the
reading of philosophy and what skills should they take away? What
should we do when our students lack the prerequisite skills?

• What techniques might help introductory
students when they first encounter our texts? How can we build in our
students the confidence required to engage a philosophical text?

• What can we do to improve the reading
skills of advanced students, majors, and graduate students?

• How has your teaching of philosophical
reading changed and developed throughout your career?

• What is the relationship
between teaching students how to read philosophy and teaching students how
to write philosophy?

• What can philosophers learn
from teachers in other close-reading disciplines, such as comparative
literature, English, classics, and religion? Are there philosophy-specific
close reading skills?

To apply, please submit as an
email attachment a 500-750-word abstract prepared for blind
review to Michelle Saint (mesaint@d.umn.edu) by Monday, September
14, 2015. In addition to articulating the topic of your
presentation, your abstract should explain the way in which you plan to
engage your audience interactively. In the body of the e-mail, please include your
name, affiliation, and contact information. Individual submissions and
joint/co-authored submissions are welcome. The Committee will strive to
assemble a diverse panel, including presentations from
different institutional settings, course levels, and subfields of
philosophy. Authors can expect a decision by late September 2015.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks,

Alexandra Bradner, Chair, APA Committee on
the Teaching of Philosophy

Reminders

Deadline to submit abstracts for the
Committee’s session on thephilosophymajor at the 2016 Eastern Division meeting of the APA: Monday, August 10th.

Deadline to apply to serve as a panelist in the
Committee’s session on the teaching demo
at the 2016 Eastern Division meeting of the APA: Monday, August 17th.

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